N. inattention, inconsideration,
inconsiderateness, oversight,
inadvertence,
inadvertency,
nonobservance, disregard,
supineness, etourderie, want of thought,
heedlessness,
insouciance,
abstraction, absence of mind, absorption of mind, preoccupation, distraction,
reverie, brown study, deep musing, fit of abstraction
V. be inattentive, overlook, disregard, pass by not observe, think little of, close one's eyes to, shut one's eyes to, pay no attention to, dismiss from one's thoughts, discard from one's thoughts, discharge from one's thoughts, dismiss from one's mind, discard from one's mind, discharge from one's mind, drop the subject, think no more of, set aside, turn aside, put aside, turn away from, turn one's attention from, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon, abstract oneself, dream, indulge in reverie, escape notice, escape attention, come in at one ear and go out at the other,
forget, call off the attention, draw off the attention, call away the attention, divert the attention, distract the mind, put out of one's head,
disconcert,
discompose, put out,
confuse,
perplex,
bewilder,
moider,
fluster,
muddle,
dazzle, throw a sop to cerberus
Adj. inattentive,
unobservant, unmindful,
heedless, unthinking,
unheeding,
undiscerning,
inadvertent, mindless, regardless, respectless, listless, blind,
deaf, bird- witted, hand over head,
cursory,
percursory,
giddy-brained, scatter- brained, hare-brained, unreflective, unreflecting, ecervele,
offhand,
dizzy,
muzzy,
brainsick,
giddy, giddy as a goose, wild,
harum-scarum,
rantipole,
highflying,
heedless,
careless,
inconsiderate, thoughtless, absent, abstracted,
distrait, absentminded, lost, lost in thought, wrapped in thought,
rapt, in the clouds,
bemused, dreaming on other things, musing on other things, preoccupied,
engrossed, daydreaming, in a reverie, off one's guard,
napping,
dreamy, caught napping,
disconcerted, distracted, put out
Int. stand at ease, stand easy, phr, the attention wanders, one's wits gone a woolgathering, one's wits gone a bird's nesting, it never entered into one's head, the mind running on other things, one's thoughts being elsewhere, had it been a bear it would have bitten you, 129
N. neglect,
carelessness, trifling,
negligence,
omission, oversight,
laches,
default,
supineness, inattention,
nonchalance,
imprudence,
recklessness,
slovenliness, (dirt) 653, improvidence, noncompletion, inexactness,
paralipsis,
paralepsis,
paraleipsis,
trifler, waiter on providence, micawber
V. be negligent, take no care of &c. (take care of ), neglect, let slip, let go, lay aside, set aside, cast aside, put aside, keep out of sight, put out of sight, lose sight of, overlook, disregard, pass over, pas by, let pass,
blink, wink at, connive at, gloss over, take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of, pay no regard to, laisser aller,
scamp,
trifle,
fribble, do by halves, cut, slight, play with, trifle with,
slur,
skim, skim the surface, effleurer, take a cursory view of, slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over,
pretermit, miss,
skip,
jump,
omit, give the go-by to, push aside,
pigeonhole,
shelve, sink, table,
ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to, leave out of one's calculation, not attend to, not mind, not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with,
forget, be caught napping, leave a loose thread, let the grass grow under one's feet, render neglectful, put off one's guard, throw off one's guard, distract,
divert Adj. neglecting, unmindful,
negligent, neglectful,
heedless,
careless, thoughtless,
perfunctory, remiss, feebleness,
inconsiderate,
uncircumspect,
incircumspect, off one's guard,
unwary, unwatchful, unguarded,
offhand,
supine,
inattentive,
insouciant,
imprudent,
reckless,
slovenly, (dirty) 653, inexact,
improvident, neglected,
unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissed,
shunted,
shelved, unexamined, unstudied, unsearched,
unscanned,
unweighed,
unsifted,
unexplored, abandoned, buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel
Phr. out of sight, out of mind
Int. never mind, no matter, let it pass
N. insensibility, insensibleness, moral insensibility,
inertness,
inertia, vis inertiae,
impassibility,
impassibleness,
inappetency,
apathy,
phlegm, dullness,
hebetude,
supineness,
lukewarmness, cold fit, cold blood, cold heart, coldness, coolness,
frigidity, sang froid,
stoicism,
imperturbation,
nonchalance,
unconcern, dry eyes,
insouciance,
recklessness,
callousness, heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness,
torpor,
torpidity, obstupefaction|,
lethargy,
coma,
trance, vegetative state, sleep, suspended animation,
stupor,
stupefaction,
paralysis,
palsy,
numbness,
neutrality,
quietism, vegetation
V. be insensible, have a rhinoceros hide, show insensibility, not mind, not care, not be affected by, have no desire for, have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in, nil admirari, not care a straw for, disregard, set at naught, turn a deaf ear to,
vegetate, render insensible, render callous,
blunt,
obtund,
numb,
benumb,
paralyze,
deaden,
hebetate,
stun,
stupefy,
brutify,
brutalize,
chloroform,
anaesthetize, put under, assify,
inure, harden the heart, steel,
caseharden,
sear Adj. insensible, unconscious, impassive, impassible, blind to, deaf to, dead to,
unsusceptible,
insusceptible, unimpressionable, unimpressible, passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless, unfeeling, unmoral,
apathetic, leuco-|,
phlegmatic, dull,
frigid, cold blooded, cold hearted, cold as charity, flat,
maudlin,
obtuse,
inert,
supine,
sluggish,
torpid,
torpedinous,
torporific,
sleepy,
languid,
half-hearted,
tame,
numbed,
comatose,
anaesthetic,
stupefied,
chloroformed,
drugged, stoned, palsy-stricken, indifferent,
lukewarm,
careless, mindless, regardless,
inattentive, neglectful, disregarding, unconcerned,
nonchalant,
pococurante,
insouciant, sans souci, unambitious, unaffected,
unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved,
unstirred, untouched,
unshocked, unstruck,
unblushing,
unanimated,
vegetative,
callous,
thick-skinned, hard-nosed,
pachydermatous,
impervious,
hardened,
inured,
casehardened, steeled against, proof against,
imperturbable, unfelt
Adv. insensibly, aequo animo, without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed, in cold blood, with dry eyes, with withers unwrung
Phr. never mind, macht nichts, it is of no consequence, it cannot be helped, nothing coming amiss, it is all the same to, it is all one to
N. rashness,
temerity, want of caution,
imprudence,
indiscretion, overconfidence,
presumption,
audacity,
precipitancy,
precipitation,
impetuosity,
levity,
foolhardihood,
foolhardiness,
heedlessness,
thoughtlessness,
carelessness,
desperation,
quixotism,
knight-errantry, fire eating, gaming,
gambling, blind bargain, leap in the dark, leap of faith, fool's paradise, too many eggs in one basket,
desperado,
rashling,
madcap, daredevil,
hotspur, fire eater,
bully,
bravo,
hector,
scapegrace, enfant perdu, don quixote, knight- errant, icarus,
adventurer,
gambler,
gamester,
dynamitard,
boomer V. be rash, stick at nothing, play a desperate game, run into danger, play with fire, play with edge tools, carry too much sail, sail too near the wind, ride at single anchor, go out of one's depth, take a leap in the dark, buy a pig in a poke, donner tete baissee,
knock, one's bead against a wall, rush on destruction, kick against the pricks, tempt providence, go on a forlorn hope, go on a fool's errand, reckon one's chickens before they are hatched, count one's chickens before they are hatched, reckon without one's host, catch at straws, trust to a broken reed, lean on a broken reed
Adj. rash,
incautious,
indiscreet,
imprudent,
improvident,
temerarious,
uncalculating,
heedless,
careless, without ballast, heels over head, head over heels,
giddy,
wanton,
reckless, wild,
madcap,
desperate, devil-may-care,
hot-blooded,
hotheaded,
hotbrained,
headlong,
headstrong,
breakneck,
foolhardy,
harebrained,
precipitate, impulsive,
overconfident,
overweening,
venturesome,
venturous,
adventurous,
quixotic, fire eating,
cavalier,
janty,
jaunty, free and easy, off one's guard
Adv. post haste, a corps perdu, hand over head, tete baissee,
headforemost, happen what may, come what may
Phr. neck or nothing, the devil being in one, non semper temeritas est felix, paucis temeritas est bono multis malo
N. indifference,
neutrality, coldness,
anaphrodisia,
unconcern,
insouciance,
nonchalance, want of interest, want of earnestness,
anorexy,
anorexia,
inappetency,
apathy,
supineness,
disdain,
recklessness, inattention,
anaphrodisiac,
antaphrodisiac, lust-quencher, passion- queller
V. be indifferent, stand neuter, take no interest in, have no desire for, have no taste for, have no relish for, not care for, care nothing for, care nothing about, not care a straw about, not care a fig for, not care a whit about, not mind, set at naught,
spurn Adj. indifferent, cold,
frigid,
lukewarm, cool, cool as a cucumber, unconcerned,
insouciant,
phlegmatic,
pococurante, easygoing, devil- may-care,
careless, listless,
lackadaisical,
half-hearted, unambitious,
unaspiring, undesirous,
unsolicitous, unattracted,
aloof, unapproachable, remote, uncaring, unattractive,
unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished, unvalued, all one to,
insipid, vain
Adv. for aught one cares
Phr. i couldn't care less, i could care less, anything will do, es macht nichts
Int. never mind, who cares? whatever you like, whatever
